31974R2477

. 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 264/ 71

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2477 /74 OF THE COUNCIL of 30 September 1974 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 765 /68 laying down general rules for the produc­ tion refund on sugar used in the chemical industry

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN A rticle 1 COMMUNITIES , 1 . Production refunds shall be fixed only if the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European total quantity of surplus sugar available for the Economic Community ; Community chemical industry and the economic aspects of the proposed fixing are such as to justify Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / such fixing. 67/EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common organization of the market in sugar, as last amended 2. The production refunds fixed in such circum­ by Regulation ( EEC) No 2476/ 74 (2), and in particular stances shall be granted under the conditions laid Article 9 (7) thereof ; down in the following Articles on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 1009 / Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 67/ EEC and on the syrups containing sucrose listed in Article 1 ( l)(d) of that Regulation (here­ Whereas, in order to make the granting of the produc­ inafter called "basic productsr) which are used in tion refund on certain types of sugar and syrups used the manufacture of the products of the chemical in the manufacture of certain products of the chem­ industry listed in the Annexes (hereinafter called ical industry dependent on the supply situation , "chemical products").' whether surplus or deficit, Article 9 (6) of Regulation No 1009/ 67/ EEC has been amended to ensure that Article 2 the granting of the refund is no longer compulsory but optional ; whereas it is therefore necessary to The text of Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No 765/68 revise some of the general rules for the fixing of the is replaced by the following : refund laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 4 76.5/ 68 ( 3 ) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for the production refund on sugar used in the chem­ Subject to the requirements of Article 1(1 ), produc­ ical industry, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No tion refunds shall be fixed for a period of three 1 862/ 74 (4 ), months commencing on the first day of a month . If, however, those requirements cease to be satis­ fied , the amounts fixed may be reduced to zero in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the course of that period .'

Article 1 Article 3 The text of Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 765 / 68 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October is replaced by the following : 1974 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , .30 September 1 974 . For the (j)iincil Fhe President Ch . BONNET

(') OJ No . WH , IS . 12 . 1967 , p. 1 . (-') See page' 70 of this Official Journal . (') OJ No 1 . 1 4.3 , 25 . 6 : 1 96 «, p. 1 . b ) OJ No L 197, 19 . 7. 1974, p. 4 .